Wrench.



A. P. JOHNSON. WRENCH.

APPLIJATION FILED AUG. 7, 1913.

1,084,441 Patented Jan. 13, 1914 UNITED STATES PATENT oEEIoE.

ALVA PUTMAN JOHNSON, OF TULIA, TEXAS.

handle having a resllient head which head is provided with a socket inwhich a ratchet is received, the ratchet being engaged by the resilienthead for turning the nut.

The invention consists of still other novel features of construction andcombinations of parts which will be hereinafter described and pointedout in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a view in side elevation; Fig.2 is a view in elevation'of the head of the wrench with one of the sideplates removed; Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view through the head.

A represents the handle, which is pro vided with a resilient headthereof. The heads are preferably made circular in form, one end beingfree, and a awl 2 is formed on the inner surface of the end of the head,which is adaptedto engage the teeth of the ratchet 3, which is fittedwithin the socket 4 formed in the head. The ratchet 3 is held within thesocket 4 by means of disks 5, 5, one on either side, said disks andratchet being held together by rivets 6, 6, and the disks having angularopenings 7, 7, corresponding and registering with a correspondingopening through 1 at each end Specification of Letters Patent. PatentedJ an. 13, 1914 Application filed August 7, 1913.

Serial No. 783,563.

the center of the ratchet to receive the nut or bolt to be held orturned.

The operation of the wrench is simple. over the nut or boltto be It isapplied turned in the usual manner of a wrench, the pawl 52 forming thehandle to swing freely in one direction while it rides over the teeth ofthe ratchet and acting to lock the ratchet to the head when turned inthe opposite direction to screw the nut on the bolt.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is- As an article of manufacture, a wrenchcomprising a handle and a resilient head integral therewith and intocircular form and terminating at its free end in an inwardly extendingpawl, a ratchet housed within the circular head, the teeth of which areengaged by the pawl on the head to lock the ratchet to the head whenturned in one direction and permit the bent approximately head to turnupon it when moved in the opposite direction, disks embracing theopposite sides of the ratchet and head and secured to the ratchet tohold the latter within the head, said disks and ratchet having a centralopening to receive thenut or bolt to be held or turned.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

ALVA PUTMAN JOHNSON.

Witnesses:

D. H. CUTTAN, P. O. TAYLOR.

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Washington, D. G.

